MEM31719 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in Engineering - Casting and Moulding Trade. It prepares you for work as a metal casting trades worker. It has been the current version on the national register since 2019, when it replaced MEM30305. Employers posted about 10 metal casting trades worker jobs in June 2026, up 29.2% on a year earlier.
There is not much independent data on MEM31719 yet. What exists: metal casting trades workers are in national shortage and job ads in June 2026 were up 29.2% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more metal casting trades worker jobs than a year ago. About 10 metal casting trades worker jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 29.2% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 100 job ads, while 55 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Australia's official shortage list rates farriers and metal casting trades workers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Farrier and Metal Casting Trades Worker as in national shortage; Blacksmith, Electroplater and Metal Polisher as not in shortage.
Metal casting trades worker jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 2,290 workers in May 2025, 2,306 by May 2030 (up 0.7%) and 2,401 by May 2035 (up 4.8%).
Enrolments in the Certificate III in Engineering - Casting and Moulding Trade are steady. Across Australia, 55 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 55, up 0% in a year. National data for MEM31719 starts in 2022.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for MEM31719 is being verified against official program lists.
Eligibility and student contributions vary by program and provider. The official state listing is the source of truth. In a subsidised place the government pays most of the tuition and you pay a co-contribution set by the program and provider.
The register lists 12 core units for the Certificate III in Engineering - Casting and Moulding Trade, plus 26 elective options. Prerequisites apply to 35 of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps MEM31719 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3221) so the mapping can be checked. Job advertisement counts come from the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index and count online ads, not vacancies filled. Enrolment counts come from NCVER Total VET Activity and count people in training, not completions. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register training.gov.au, synced 17 September 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 19 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.